One Thing Leads to Another

I don't know exactly when this idea started to emerge. I suppose it was a culmination of a lot of small things that added up one by one. I was looking for a new creative outlet - something to grow and share based on what I loved to do. I think it began innocently enough when I looked around on line for ideas for a birth sampler to make to celebrate the birth of my first grandchild. I always designed my own things so I didn't bother looking around the wider world of needlework too often. I found a lot of things going on I hadn't seen before and it got me thinking. Then my partner suggested I showcase my needlework on DeviantArt.com - an international gallery of artists and craftspeople - as he had been doing. The enthusiastic feedback I got from people all over the world was really amazing. And then one day it came to me - why not make design kits myself? why not showcase what I do to a wider audience? It was an energizing idea and one who's time had come in my life. Besides, it would give me the impetus to explore a lot of design ideas I'd been leaving on the back burner for quite a while. So with the encouragement of my partner, my family and my friends I'm beginning this journey. I think it will be great fun, and I hope it will also be fun for those who join me here.